Bottle-holder.



No. 664,II7.

Patented Dec. I8, |900. T. C. BATES.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

{Applicntion filed Dee. 23, 1899.] I

(N0 Model.)

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THEODORE C. BATES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,117, dated December18, 1900.

Application led December Z3, 1899. Serial No. '741,349- (No model.)

T0 ttZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE C. BATES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Worcester, county of Worcester, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bottle-Holders, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novelbottle-holder adapted to be set into a pail or other receptacle of usualshape and material containing ice, to thus keep the contents of thebottle cool.

My novel holder consists of a body of reticulated material, preferablyWire-cloth, and a bottom, preferably of wood, the bottom presenting anextension or Iiange against which the ice may act to prevent the holderfrom being lifted from the ice when removing a bottle from the holder.

Figure l shows one of my novel bottle-holders in vertical section, itbeing set in ice in a pail, the holder containing a bottle; and Fig. 2represents the holder detached and in side elevation.

The pail or receptacle A may be of any usual shape or material commonlyemployed to contain ice.

The holder consists of a body b, represented as composed of wire-clothbent into cylindrical shape, the ends of the wire in 'the line ofjunction of the cloth being suitably soldered, as at b', adjacentcrossings of the wire in the Wire-cloth at the junction of thewire-cloth being preferably encircled by a binding-wire b2, thebinding-wire and the vertical wires and the ends of the horizontal wiresbeing united, preferably, by solder. Preferably the wire entering intothe body will be galvanized or coated with zinc or similar material, thezinc Vacting not only to protect the wire from rust, but also tomaintain the wire entering into the holder in locked contact at thecrossing-point. ,Y

Fig. 2 shows some of the crossing-points with the galvanizing materialin position to lock the same.

It has not been considered necessary in the drawings to show all thecrossing-points of the wire so united by galvanizingmaterial; but itwill be understood that that is the preferable construction.

Were it not for the zinc o`r material used for galvanizing applied tothe wire, the latter would rust quickly and would not therefore beavailable for a holder to be used in an icepail.

To complete the holder, it must have a bottom. This bottom d will bepreferably made of wood, which may be painted or otherwise treated, sothat it will longer resist the penetration of water into its pores. TheWood is very desirable, not only because the bottle may be dropped uponit without being broken, but also because staples or other suitablefasteningsf may be readily driven into it and cooperating with the bodyconnected with the head. The head has a suitable extension or flange g,which may be of Wood or other material, it extending beyond the bottomand the body sufficiently to receive upon it the ice c in the pail, theweight of the ice acting to prevent the holder from being lifted fromthe ice when lifting the bottle from the holder.

To use the holder, it preferably containing a bottle, it is setpreferably central in the pail and the ice is applied, the ice wedgingagainst the body and resting upon the extension, thus seating the holderproperly in the pail.

The bottle containing the water or other fluid to be cooled is separatedfrom the ice nly by the thickness of the walls of the holder.

Preferably the holders will be of different sizes to enable them topractically iit the exterior of the bottles having the water or otherliquid to be cooled.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle-holder composed of reticulated material, a non-metallicbottom to receive suitable fastenings by which to secure the body to thebottom, said bottom having an extension extended outwardly beyond thewalls of the body on which ice may rest.

2. A bottle-holder composed of Wire-cloth, and a binding-wire encirclingportions of the wire where the ends of the cloth are abutted .inbringing the cloth into cylindrical shape,

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